Equal Rights for Men and Women Patrons: Sir Peter Bottomley MP Mr Mark Brooks OBE Registered Charity No. Contact: 1107795 [email protected]
PARITY AGM 2021 AND PANDEMIC
IMPORTANT NOTE
If you intend to attend in person at UJC, you must advise this to Hon. Secretary by 11th September 2021 giving your name, telephone number and address, including post code.
If you wish to join the meeting via Video Conference, you must advise this to Hon. Secretary by 18th September 2021 giving your name, telephone number and address, including post code.
If you wish to invite non-PARITY members to the AGM Open Session, this will only be via Video Conference and you must advise this to Hon. Secretary by 18th September 2021 giving your name, telephone number and address, including post code and guest name(s) and email address(es).
Contact details: ([email protected]) or mail (39 Cotton Road, Potters Bar. EN6 5JT)
Notice is hereby given of the 34th Annual General Meeting of PARITY to be held on Saturday 25th September 2021 at the Union Jack Club (in the Burns Room) Sandell Street, London, SE1 8UJ commencing at 13:30 hrs Page 1 AGM Notice August 2021 PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS
Saturday 25th September 2021
12:00hrs DOORS OPEN
12:30 - – Buffet Lunch & Refreshments
13:15 hrs Tulips radio play introduction
13:30 hrs ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
14:15 hrs – 15:00 hrs OPEN MEETING
Talk by Mark Brooks OBE
THE LATEST ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOR MEN AND BOYS’ ISSUES
Union Jack Club
Burns Room, Sandell Street, London SE1 8UJ
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AGM SPEAKER PROFILE – MARK BROOKS OBE
Mark is the chair of trustees for the ManKind Initiative charity for male victims of domestic abuse. He advises Government Departments and the Crown Prosecution Service in this field. He recently created a national practitioners’ network, had an academic paper domestic homicide reviews he has jointly written with academics and regularly features in the media commenting on matters from the new domestic abuse bill to Love Island..
He is the national lead for International Men’s Day in the UK. A key part of this role includes working with national organisations, researchers and policy makers to focus on evidence-based support and research for the event.
He is also a trustee of the Men and Coalition charity, a network of 100 academics and charities supporting men and boys’ wellbeing and also the policy advisor on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Issues Affecting Men and Boys.
Page 3 AGM Notice August 2021 WAYS OF REACHING THE UNION JACK CLUB
STRICT SECURITY OPERATES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. MEMBERS ATTENDING SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE READY FOR INSPECTION ON ENTERING THE BUILDING SOME FORM OF PARITY IDENTITY SUCH AS THIS NOTICE.
MAIN LINE Train stations shown in bold, Underground in italics
Waterloo and Waterloo East: go to the main concourse of Waterloo Station and look for the exit to Waterloo Road. Sandell Street is on the opposite side of the road.
Paddington and Marylebone: take the Bakerloo line to Waterloo, exit to the Main Line Station and follow above directions.
Euston: take the Northern Line (Charing Cross branch) to Waterloo, exit to Main Line Station and follow above directions. See below for buses.
Kings Cross and St Pancras: exit Station on to Euston Road, turn right and walk short distance to Euston Station and follow directions from there. See below for buses.
Liverpool Street and Victoria: in each case take the Circle line to Embankment and change to Bakerloo or Northern line to Waterloo, exit to Main Line Station and follow above directions.
BY UNDERGROUND: aim for Waterloo, which is on the following lines: Bakerloo, Jubilee, and Northern (Charing Cross branch). Once at Waterloo, exit to the Main Line Station and follow above directions. Useful changing stations are Embankment, Leicester Square, Oxford Circus, and Euston.
BY BUS: Generally, take any bus going to Waterloo Station - alight at Station: Sandell Street is on left hand of Waterloo Road going south.
From Euston Station: take 59 or 68 bus direct to Waterloo Station from Bay B, Euston Bus Station at left front of main station
From Kings Cross and St Pancras: turn right and walk as far as and then left into Upper Woburn Place to stop M for buses 59, 68 and 168 direct to Waterloo Station. Note: For those who live outside London, a National bus pass is valid in London throughout the week except for morning peak hours before 9.30 am on Mondays to Fridays (no restriction Bank Holiday Mondays).
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